wanita

Borrowed from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /waˈnita/ [waˈni.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: wa‧ni‧ta

wanita (plural wanita-wanita or para wanita)

1. woman; lady

   Coordinate terms: pria, waria

• → Malay: wanita

• “wanita” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

wanita

1. romanization of ꦮꦤꦶꦠ

From Indonesian wanita, from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).

• IPA^(key): /waˈnita/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: wa‧ni‧ta

wanita (Jawi spelling وانيتا, plural wanita-wanita)

1. A female person; woman, lady.

   Synonyms: perempuan, (dialectal) betina, wadun

   Antonym: lelaki

• "wanita" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

• “wanita” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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